TY - JOUR
T1 - Argon Inhalation for 24 Hours After Onset of Permanent Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats Provides Neuroprotection and Improves Neurologic Outcome
AU - Ma, Shuang
AU - Chu, Dongmei
AU - Li, Litao
AU - Creed, Jennifer A.
AU - Ryang, Yu Mi
AU - Sheng, Huaxin
AU - Yang, Wei
AU - Warner, David S.
AU - Turner, Dennis A.
AU - Hoffmann, Ulrike
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that prolonged inhalation of 70% argon for 24 hours after in vivo permanent or temporary stroke provides neuroprotection and improves neurologic outcome and overall recovery after 7 days. Design: Controlled, randomized, double-blinded laboratory study. Setting: Animal research laboratories. Subjects: Adult Wistar male rats (n = 110). Interventions: Rats were subjected to permanent or temporary focal cerebral ischemia via middle cerebral artery occlusion, followed by inhalation of 70% argon or nitrogen in 30% oxygen for 24 hours. On postoperative day 7, a 48-point neuroscore and histologic lesion size were assessed. Measurements and Main Results: After argon inhalation for 24 hours immediately following "severe permanent ischemia" induction, neurologic outcome (neuroscore, p = 0.034), overall recovery (body weight, p = 0.02), and infarct volume (total infarct volume, p = 0.0001; cortical infarct volume, p = 0.0003; subcortical infarct volume, p = 0.0001) were significantly improved. When 24-hour argon treatment was delayed for 2 hours after permanent stroke induction or until after postischemic reperfusion treatment, neurologic outcomes remained significantly improved (neuroscore, p = 0.043 and p = 0.014, respectively), as was overall recovery (body weight, p = 0.015), compared with nitrogen treatment. However, infarct volume and 7-day mortality were not significantly reduced when argon treatment was delayed. Conclusions: Neurologic outcome (neuroscore), overall recovery (body weight), and infarct volumes were significantly improved after 24-hour inhalation of 70% argon administered immediately after severe permanent stroke induction. Neurologic outcome and overall recovery were also significantly improved even when argon treatment was delayed for 2 hours or until after reperfusion.
AB - Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that prolonged inhalation of 70% argon for 24 hours after in vivo permanent or temporary stroke provides neuroprotection and improves neurologic outcome and overall recovery after 7 days. Design: Controlled, randomized, double-blinded laboratory study. Setting: Animal research laboratories. Subjects: Adult Wistar male rats (n = 110). Interventions: Rats were subjected to permanent or temporary focal cerebral ischemia via middle cerebral artery occlusion, followed by inhalation of 70% argon or nitrogen in 30% oxygen for 24 hours. On postoperative day 7, a 48-point neuroscore and histologic lesion size were assessed. Measurements and Main Results: After argon inhalation for 24 hours immediately following "severe permanent ischemia" induction, neurologic outcome (neuroscore, p = 0.034), overall recovery (body weight, p = 0.02), and infarct volume (total infarct volume, p = 0.0001; cortical infarct volume, p = 0.0003; subcortical infarct volume, p = 0.0001) were significantly improved. When 24-hour argon treatment was delayed for 2 hours after permanent stroke induction or until after postischemic reperfusion treatment, neurologic outcomes remained significantly improved (neuroscore, p = 0.043 and p = 0.014, respectively), as was overall recovery (body weight, p = 0.015), compared with nitrogen treatment. However, infarct volume and 7-day mortality were not significantly reduced when argon treatment was delayed. Conclusions: Neurologic outcome (neuroscore), overall recovery (body weight), and infarct volumes were significantly improved after 24-hour inhalation of 70% argon administered immediately after severe permanent stroke induction. Neurologic outcome and overall recovery were also significantly improved even when argon treatment was delayed for 2 hours or until after reperfusion.
KW - argon
KW - neuroprotection
KW - noble gases
KW - permanent cerebral ischemia
KW - rats
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U2 - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003809
DO - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003809
M3 - Article
C2 - 31094741
AN - SCOPUS:85069888545
SN - 0090-3493
VL - 47
SP - E693-E699
JO - Critical care medicine
JF - Critical care medicine
IS - 8
ER -